JP2017159994A - Electrically-driven movable shelf device in library using communication robot - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrically-driven movable shelf device, using a communication robot having functions of an emotion recognition and an interaction with a human to search for a requested book, capable of moving a movable shelf according to command signals from a movable shelf control system, and forming a passage for taking out the requested book.SOLUTION: An electrically-driven movable shelf device is configured to: perform a monitor search, using a communication robot 28, comprising a touch panel type monitor 29 and a camera 30 having a function to read matrix type two-dimension codes 23, by displaying book information on the monitor 29, obtained from a library management system 22 to search for a requested book, or by displaying book information on the monitor 29, obtained through the matrix type two-dimension code 23 captured by the camera 30 from a printed one on a retrieval instruction sheet 24 or from a stored and displayed one in a smart phone 26; and to form a passage for the requested book by moving movable shelves A - E, according to command signals from a movable shelf control system 27.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention searches for a desired book by using a so-called communication robot having a touch panel monitor and a camera having a matrix type two-dimensional code reading function and also having an emotion recognition function and a human interaction function. In addition, by moving the moving shelf according to the command signal of the moving shelf control system and forming a passage for taking out the desired book, the book can be efficiently managed and put in and out, and the communication robot and the library can be used. The present invention relates to an electric movable shelf apparatus in a library that uses a communication robot that can give a user a fun and healing effect through communication such as conversation with a user.

Conventionally, using a communication robot having emotion recognition and dialogue functions in a mobile shelf device in a library, a communication robot that can form a passage for retrieving books and moving a mobile shelf to take out a desired book Mobile shelf devices in libraries that use are currently not in practical use. In addition, the past patent documents were searched retrospectively for the mobile shelf device in the library using the communication robot, but one patent document could not be found.

As described above, a moving shelf apparatus in a library using a communication robot has not been practically used in the past, and in a conventional library, a book is simply searched using a book management system and a moving shelf control system is used. In response to the command signal, the moving shelf is moved to form a passage for taking out a desired book, and the user repeats the silent operation of mechanically retrieving and taking out the book. There was a problem that no fun or healing effect could be given.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes a touch panel monitor and a camera having a matrix type two-dimensional code reading function, and a communication robot having emotion recognition and human interaction functions. Then, according to the instruction of the communication robot, the bibliographic information from the book management system is displayed on the touch panel type monitor to search for a desired book, or the bibliographic information is retrieved by the book management system and desired. The matrix type two-dimensional code formed by converting the bibliographic information of the book is printed out with a printer and printed out as an instruction sheet or stored on a smartphone, and the matrix type two-dimensional code is held over the camera and read. Bibliographic information is displayed on the monitor and verified. Or by confirming that the retrieved book is the desired book, and touching the touch switch of the touch panel monitor, the motorized control system according to the command signal of the moving shelf control system. A moving shelf can be moved to form a passage for taking out the desired book, thereby efficiently managing and taking in and out of the book, and a robot having emotion recognition and human interaction functions. It is intended to provide an electric mobile shelf device in a library that uses a communication robot that can give users enjoyment and healing effects by using it to communicate with the library user. .

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and reads a bar code reader-specific bar code of a shelf row / shelf management of each electric mobile shelf in which books are stored and stored with a bar code reader, and The barcode management unique barcode of the book to be stored is read by the barcode reader, and the shelf reader / shelf management unique barcode and the barcode management unique barcode read from the barcode reader are wired or wirelessly moved to the shelf management personal computer And registering the shelf row / shelf management unique number and the book management unique number read by the barcode reader in the mobile shelf management personal computer, and then registering the registered information from the mobile shelf management personal computer In addition, the bibliographic information such as the book name / author name and classification number acquired in advance by the OPAC search system, The registration information of the book management system in which the matrix type two-dimensional code formed by converting the bibliographic information is registered and the registration information of the business management server are linked by the business management server, and the link is obtained. The registered new registration information is registered in the book management system, and the user inputs and searches the bibliographic information of the desired book in the book management system, and the shelf row in which the desired book is stored. Print out an instruction sheet that displays the shelf management unique number and the book management unique number and the bibliographic information of the desired book as a matrix type two-dimensional code, or save the matrix type two-dimensional code on a smartphone and In addition to the recognition and dialogue functions, touchscreen monitors and the removal instruction form or a smartphone saved on a smartphone A communication robot having a camera capable of reading a Lix-type two-dimensional code is installed, and the monitor is wirelessly connected to the book management system and the moving shelf control system. Display the bibliographic information from the book management system on the monitor and search for the desired book, or scan the matrix-type 2D code printed as the retrieval instruction form or saved on the smartphone over the camera and read it The bibliographic information is displayed on the monitor and searched. When the touched switch is touched after confirming that the searched book is the desired book, the command of the moving shelf control system is issued. The desired book is stored by the signal The above-mentioned problem has been solved by adopting means for moving a moving shelf that is open so that a desired passage can be opened.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, a communication robot having a touch panel type monitor and a camera having a matrix type two-dimensional code reading function and an emotion recognition function and an interactive function with a human is installed, and the communication is performed. Display the bibliographic information from the book management system on the touch panel monitor according to the instructions of the robot and search for the desired book, or search the bibliographic information by the book management system and search for the bibliographic information of the desired book. The matrix type two-dimensional code formed by converting the data is printed out by a printer and printed out as an instruction sheet or stored on a smartphone, and the matrix type two-dimensional code is read over the camera and read to the monitor as bibliographic information. Or search for Search by the difference, confirm that the searched book is the desired book, touch the touch switch of the touch panel monitor, and move the electric moving shelf by the command signal of the moving shelf control system Thus, a passage for taking out the desired book can be formed, whereby the book can be efficiently managed and put in and taken out, and a robot equipped with emotion recognition and human interaction functions can be used. By attempting communication such as conversation with the user, it is possible to achieve an excellent effect that the user can be provided with fun and healing effects.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the electrically-driven movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention communication robot. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of the electrically-driven movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention communication robot. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between the book used in the electrically-driven movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention communication robot, and a barcode reader. It is a front view which shows an example of the community robot used in the electrically-driven movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention communication robot. It is a front view which shows an example of operation | movement of the community robot used in the electrically-driven movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention communication robot.

The electric mobile shelf device in the library using the communication robot of the present invention is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to use an electric mobile shelf device as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the electric movable shelf device T is configured such that the movable shelves A to E are arranged along a predetermined arrangement direction on the rails R laid on the floor, and each movable shelf A -E are arranged so as to be movable in the left-right direction on the rail R via the traveling wheels W along a predetermined arrangement direction.

Among the moving shelves A to E, the moving shelves A and E at both ends may be fixed shelves or wall surfaces. In the embodiments of the present invention, all are described as moving shelves for convenience of explanation.

Between the moving shelves A to E, passages 11 to 14 can be formed between the moving shelves adjacent to each other. In FIG. 1, the moving shelves A, B, and C are moved to the left side to be dense. The moving shelves D and E are moved to the right side, and the passage 13 is opened as wide as possible to take out books so that the work of taking out books can be performed smoothly.

Self-propelled reversible motors M1 to M5 are attached to the lower portions of the movable shelves A to E, respectively, and the traveling wheels W mounted on the bottoms of the movable shelves A to E are rotated to provide rails. Drive on R.

Each book 15 stored in each of the moving shelves A to E is attached with a book management unique bar code 16 that records a unique registration number assigned to manage the book. In the moving shelves A to E, each shelf plate 17 that stores each book has a shelf row / shelf that records a unique registration number for managing the shelf row / shelf of each moving shelf A to E. A management unique barcode 18 is attached to each. 2 and 3, the book management unique barcode 16 and the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 18 are used. Instead of the barcodes 16 and 18, RFID tags are used. Also good.

In the present invention, the bar code reader 19 reads the shelf row / shelf management bar code 18 of the shelf 17 of each of the moving shelves A to E in which the book 15 is stored, and then the book 15 is stored and stored. It is necessary to read the book management unique barcode 16 of the book by the barcode reader 19 and specify the shelf row and shelf stage in which the book 15 is stored. Each time the new book 15 is stored and stored on any shelf 17 of each of the moving shelves A to E, each reading operation is repeated.

When the reading operation of the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 18 and the book management unique barcode 16 is completed, the book manager in the library stores the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 18 and the book management unique barcode 16. The read bar code reader 19 is connected to the mobile shelf management personal computer 20 by wire or wirelessly, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number and the book management unique number read by the barcode reader 19 are used as the mobile shelf management personal computer. 20, after the registration information is transferred from the mobile shelf management personal computer 20 to the business management server 21 and registered, the book name / author name and classification number of the book previously acquired by the OPAC search system are registered. Book management system in which bibliographic information and a matrix type two-dimensional code formed by converting the bibliographic information are registered 2 registration information and the registration information of the business management server 21 are linked by the business management server 21, and the new registration information obtained by the link is registered in the book management system 22, The book information registration work is completed.

It is a precondition of the present invention that the registration information is registered in the book management system 22. That is, after the registration of the book information is completed, the library user searches the book by inputting predetermined book information related to the desired book in the book management system 22, and the desired book is stored. Registered information such as shelf row / shelf management unique number and book management unique number, and bibliographic information of the desired book are converted into a matrix type two-dimensional code 23 (generally, “QR code (registered trademark)”). The take-out instruction sheet 24 displayed as “)” can be printed out by the printer 25.

Although not shown, when the bibliographic information recorded in the book management system 22 is widely disclosed on the website in the library, the user uses the smartphone 26 to use the book management system 22. The matrix type two-dimensional code 23 relating to the selected book can be taken into the smartphone 26 and stored.

The matrix type two-dimensional code 23 can have information vertically and horizontally. Therefore, the amount of information that can be stored is large, and not only numbers but also multilingual data such as English letters and Chinese characters can be stored. In the present invention, the information stored in the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 includes the book name, author name, storage shelf row / shelf unique management number of each book stored in the electric moving shelf, and It is a unique management number.

In order for the user to take out the desired book 15 from the moving shelf, it is necessary to search for the moving shelf storing the desired book 15 and take it out from the predetermined moving shelf. The mobile shelf management personal computer 20 centrally manages the mobile shelf shelves A to E of the mobile shelf control system 27 installed on any mobile shelf 1 (movable shelf A in the figure). By the control, a path for moving a predetermined moving shelf among the moving shelves A to E to take out a desired book 15 is formed.

On the other hand, the communication robot 28 used in the present invention has well-known emotion recognition and human interaction functions that are already widely known, such as “PEPPER (registered trademark)” of Softbank Corp. and “ In addition to the functions inherent to the emotion recognition and dialogue functions, the communication robot 28 includes a book name, an author name, and a genre of each book 15. For example, a touch panel monitor 29 that performs a touch search and a camera 30 that can read the matrix type two-dimensional bird 23 are provided. As the camera 30, either a camera attached externally to the communication robot 28 or a camera built in the monitor 29 can be employed. In this embodiment, an external camera 30 is used.

The shape of the communication robot 28 does not have to be particularly limited, but preferably, a humanoid robot as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is more familiar to the user, particularly the child, and provides enjoyment. At the same time, it can give a healing effect. That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the communication robot 27 has a touch panel type monitor 29 and a camera 30 installed on its torso, and the monitor 29 and the camera 30 are raised by a library user. It is recommended to install it at a height that can be easily operated by hand. 4 and 5, the communication robot 28 is installed on the floor surface and cannot move. However, the communication robot 28 can be moved by synchronizing with voice via a roller or the like. Is also possible. The communication robot 28 is preferably formed such that both hands, head, and eyes move according to the voice.

A touch panel monitor 29 installed in the communication robot 28 is connected to the book management system 22 wirelessly and also to the camera 30. When a library user searches for a desired book, The book 29 acquired from the book management system 22 can be displayed on the monitor 29 to search for a desired book. The library user holds the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 of the take-out instruction form 24 printed out by the printer 25 or the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 displayed on the smartphone 26 to the camera 30 and the matrix type two-dimensional code. Information recorded in the dimension code 23 can be displayed on the monitor 29, and a desired book can be searched using the touch panel function.

When a library user searches for a book not registered in the matrix type two-dimensional code 23, the user uses the touch panel monitor 29 to connect to the book management system 22 to search for a desired book. Will be.

The operation of the electric movable shelf apparatus in the library using the communication robot of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described. First, the communication robot 28 is activated so that the monitor 29 can be operated. When the library user approaches the communication robot 28 and a human sensor (not shown) installed on the communication robot 28 detects the approach of the library user, the monitor 29 is turned on. For example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the communication robot 28 calls “Please let me search for books!”, And then, as shown in FIG. 5, “I will move the shelf!” The communication robot 28 actively calls out to library users, such as calling and advertising, and further displays a message “Guide on how to search for books” on the touch panel monitor 29. Search for “(1) Monitor search” and “(2) QR code (registered trademark of matrix type two-dimensional code) below Two of the search method to display the of, further, among communication robot 28 is of the two search methods, multiplying said, "Would you like to look both ways?". When the library user touches one of the search methods displayed on the monitor 30 in response to the communication robot 28 talking, the touched search method can be executed.

When the library user selects “(1) monitor search” displayed on the monitor 29 and touches the “(1) monitor search”, the monitor 29 is switched to the book search screen. On the monitor 29 serving as a library search screen, a screen similar to that used to search using the book management system 22 conventionally installed in the library, for example, a book shelf name / author name / book storage shelf row / shelf Registration information such as a column unique management number and a book unique management number is displayed. Since the monitor 29 and the book management system 22 are connected wirelessly, the same screen as the book management system 22 is displayed on the monitor 29, and the book can be searched.

That is, as a result of searching for a book by the monitor 29, if the book matches the book desired by the user, the communication robot can be touched by touching a touch panel switch such as “select”, “decision”, etc. 28 utters a voice such as “Move the bookshelf!” And issues a moving shelf movement command via the moving shelf control system 27 connected to the monitor 29 wirelessly. Thus, the moving shelf is automatically operated to form a passage for taking out the book from the shelf storing the desired book, and the user can enter the formed passage and take out the book.

On the other hand, when the library user touches “(2) QR code search” displayed on the monitor 29, the camera 30 is activated by an instruction from the monitor 29. Then, the user holds the matrix type two-dimensional code (QR code) 23 of the take-out instruction form 24 printed out by the printer 25 or the matrix type two-dimensional code (QR code) 23 displayed on the smartphone 26. The matrix type two-dimensional code 23 is read by the camera 30 and information recorded in the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 is displayed on the monitor 29 and searched. When the library and other book information displayed on the monitor 29 matches the information desired by the user, the user touches a touch panel switch such as “select” / “decision” on the monitor 29. Thus, a moving shelf movement command is issued via the moving shelf control system 27 wirelessly connected to the monitor 29, and the moving shelf is automatically operated by the moving shelf control system 27 to store a desired book. A passage through which a user can enter the shelf is formed so that books can be taken out.

The matrix-type two-dimensional code 23 displayed on the take-out instruction sheet 24 or the smartphone 26 is stored even after the book 15 is taken out, so that the book 15 once taken out is stored in the original shelf, or Even when the same book 15 is taken out at a later time or on a different day, the book management system 22 stores the book 15 without searching for it every time it is taken out or stored. By using the matrix type two-dimensional code 23, the book can be put in and out very quickly.

A to E Moving shelf R Rail W Traveling wheels M1 to M5 Reversible motors 11 to 14 Passage 15 Book 16 Book management specific barcode 17 Shelf 18 Shelf row / shelf plate specific barcode 19 Bar code reader 20 Mobile shelf management personal computer 21 Business Management server 22 Book management system 23 Matrix type two-dimensional code 24 Takeout instruction form 25 Printer 26 Smartphone 27 Moving shelf control system 28 Communication robot 29 Touch panel monitor 30 Camera

Claims (1)

The barcode unique to the row and shelf management of each electric mobile shelf where books are stored and stored is read by the barcode reader, and the barcode specific to the book management of the books to be stored and stored is read by the barcode reader. A shelf row that is read and connected to the mobile shelf management personal computer by wired or wireless connection, and the barcode reader that has read the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode and the book management unique barcode is read into the barcode reader・ After registering the shelf management unique number and the book management unique number in the mobile shelf management personal computer, transfer the registration information from the mobile shelf management personal computer to the business management server and register it, and obtain it in advance using the OPAC search system The bibliographic information such as the book name, author name, and classification number, and the matrix type two formed by converting the bibliographic information. The registration information of the book management system in which the original code is registered and the registration information of the business management server are linked by the business management server, and the new registration information obtained by linking is linked to the book management system. And the user inputs and searches the bibliographic information of the desired book in the book management system, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number and the book management unique number in which the desired book is stored, Print out an instruction sheet that displays the bibliographic information of the desired book as a matrix type two-dimensional code, or save the matrix type two-dimensional code on a smartphone. In addition to emotion recognition and interactive functions, a touch-panel monitor And the matrix-type two-dimensional code stored on the take-out instruction form or the smartphone can be read. A communication robot equipped with a camera is installed, and the monitor is wirelessly connected to the book management system and the moving shelf control system, and the bibliographic information from the book management system is displayed on the touch panel monitor according to instructions of the communication robot. Display the monitor to search for the desired book, or read the matrix-type two-dimensional code that is printed as the retrieval instruction form or stored on the smartphone over the camera and display the bibliographic information on the monitor When the touch panel switch is touched after confirming that the searched book is the desired book, the desired book is stored by the command signal of the moving shelf control system. Move the moving shelf to open the desired passage An electric mobile shelf device in a library characterized by the above.

Images